Museums in Japan

By theme

How Japan’s museums split across the six broad themes. Museums catalogued simply as “a museum”, with no narrower type recorded, fall under General.

A sample of museums

A selection of 60 of Japan’s 4,065 museums, alphabetically. Open the map to explore them all by location.

“渚の駅”たてやま · 21 21 DESIGN SIGHT · 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art · Abashiri City Folk Museum · Abashiri City Museum of Art · Abashiri Prison Museum · Abe Eishirō Memorial Hall · Abeno Harukas Art Museum · Abiko City Museum of Birds · Accident History Exhibition Hall · Acupuncture, Moxibustion, and Anma Museum · Ad Museum Tokyo · Adachi City Museum · Adachi Kumihimo Gallery · Adachi Museum of Art · African Art Museum · AICEL Shura Hall · Aichi Archeology Center · Aichi Asahi Site Museum · Aichi Gakuin University Dental Science Museum · Aichi Health Plaza Comprehensive Health Science Center · Aichi Museum of Flight · Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum · Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art · Aichi Sento Museum · Aichi Sewerage Science Museum · Aichi-Nagoya War Archives · Aikawa Archaeological Museum · Aikawa Folk Museum · Ainu Museum · Aioi City Museum of History and Folklore · Aioi Shinrin Museum of Art · Aira City History Folklore Museum · Aishō-chō Historical Museum · Aisin Com-Center · Aisu no Yakata · Aizu Bukeyashiki · Aizu Folkulore Museum · Aizu Ichibankan · Aizu Yaichi Memorial Museum · Aizumi Town Historical Museum Ai-no-Yakata · Aizumisato Town Local Museum · Akagane Museum · Akama Shrine Treasure Hall · Akan International Crane Center · Akankohan Visitor Center · Akashi City Museum of Culture · Akashi Kaikyo Bridge Exhibition Center · Akashi Municipal Planetarium · Aki City Calligraphy Museum · Akinai Shiryōkan · Akino Fuku Museum · Akio Morita Library · Akita Akarenga Museum · Akita Archaeological Center · Akita City Cultural Creation Center · Akita City History Museum of Akita Fort Ruins · Akita City Museum of Art · Akita Dog Visitor Center · Akita Literature Museum